I have a real issue with using AI for things that people are trying to make a living at. So, like you, I have paid for custom photography and I pay artists for custom illustrated covers, purchased stock photo packages and paid designers for ads. And that isn’t changing. I won’t change or compromise on that.

But the illusteated artwork that I’d normally just do without? Anyway, between the CapCut Pro reel template and the work I did to create a reel + all the sized ads and the recommended settings? My CPC for traffic campaigns is often less than .20 per click (depending on whether a weekend or weekday, etc), and was driving 20+ subscribers to my newsletter per day.

Yes, it’s all money out of my pocket, so from that perspective, I try my best to be ethical and hold the line. But sometimes, the ease and speed with which I can do a small thing using the AI art does make a difference.

And now I’m feeling guilty and feel like I need to go get new avatars done for my Linktr.ee by one of my artist peoples. *sigh* Gee, thanks Ginger.

What I am lacking in, however, is the process of creating these ad campaigns and interpreting the results. Would love to see a more indepth article about some of the settings for these ads, different types of ads and how they might work/not work for different authors, etc.

Thanks!